Tinubu promised to restore security across Nigeria, says Ndume
The senator said he drew Tinubu’s attention to the security challenges confronting Nigerians, particularly residents of Borno State, where insurgent attacks have continued to affect communities.
Bayelsa monarch urges joint action to grow Niger Delta blue economy
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The Acting Amayanabo of Okpoama Kingdom in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, High Chief Nathan Egba-Dienegha, has called for collaboration among governments and development partners to harness the potential of the Niger Delta blue economy for the benefit of the people. Chief Dienegha made the call during a sensitisation […]
Tackling light arms proliferation
The proliferation of small arms and light weapons across Nigeria is not a distant threat; it is an immediate, corrosive reality that bleeds communities dry of security, livelihood and hope. Pistols, assault rifles and improvised firearms have become the currency of violence, multiplying the lethality of banditry, kidnapping, communal clashes and organised crime. Where once […]
Private nurses ask Senate to reject NHFRA Bill, warn of fresh crisis in health sector
By Chioma Obinna The Association of General Private Nursing Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPNP, has urged the Senate to reject the proposed National Health Facility Regulatory Agency of Nigeria, NHFRA, Bill, warning that its passage would trigger fresh inter-professional conflict, duplicate the functions of existing regulatory bodies and further weaken Nigeria’s already fragile healthcare system. Presenting […]
FG, TETFund move to drive research commercialization
.hold South-South Zonal Commercialisation Workshop By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – THE Federal Ministry of Education through the Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Committee (RICC), in collaboration with the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, move to drive research commercialization. This was on the heels of the just concluded the South-South Zonal National Commercialisation Intelligence and Ecosystem Engagement […]
The United States of MAGAs, dreamers and survivors, by Owei Lakemfa
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, is a 1,278-acre or 517-hectare tract seized from the Sioux Nation of India. Into its mountain face are sculpted the 18-metre or 60-foot-high figures of four former United States (US) Presidents. They feature founding President George Washington, main drafter of the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, […]
